Topic: Tlitliltzin

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In the News (Thu 14 Dec 17)

Shortly after the conquest of Mexico, Spanish chroniclers reported that ololiuqui and tlitliltzin were important divinatory hallucinogens of Aztec religion, magic, and medicine.

Ololiuqui is a small, round, brownish seed from a vine, coatl-xoxouhqui ("snake plant"), with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers; tlitliltzin is a fl, angular seed.

IDENTIFICATION of ololiuqui and tlitliltzin as morning glories had to wait for four centuries, because efforts of the Spanish to eradicate the use of these sacred hallucinogens drove them into the hills.

Shortly after the conquest of Mexico, Spanish chroniclers reported that ololiuqui and tlitliltzin were important divinatory hallucinogens of Aztec religion, magic, and medicine.

Ololiuqui is a small, round, brownish seed from a vine, coatl-xoxouhqui ("snake plant"), with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers; tlitliltzin is a fl, angular seed.

IDENTIFICATION of ololiuqui and tlitliltzin as morning glories had to wait for four centuries, because efforts of the Spanish to eradicate the use of these sacred hallucinogens drove them into the hills.

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The plant is a rare example of a hallucinogenic herb, the properties of which have only recently been discovered.

While its cousins in the Convolvulaceae family, such as the Rivea corymbosa Ololiuhqui and Ipomoea violacea Tlitliltzin were used in shamanic rituals of Latin America for centuries, the Hawaiian baby woodrose was not traditionally recognised as a hallucinogen.

Its properties were first brought to attention in the 1960s, despite the fact that the chemical...

LSA, also known as d-lysergic acid amide, d-lysergamide, ergine, and LA-111, is an alkaloid of the ergoline family that occurs in various species of vines of the Convolvulaceae and some species of fungi.

As the dominant alkaloid in the hallucinogenic seeds of Rivea corymbosa (ololiuhqui), Argyreia nervosa (Hawaiian baby woodrose) and Ipomoea tricolor (morning glories, tlitliltzin), it is often stated that ergine and/or isoergine (its epimer) is responsible for the psychedelic activity.

LSA in morning glory seeds has been used as a hallucinogen for centuries by many Mexican Native American cultures; they were known to the Aztecs as tlitliltzin, the Nahuatl word for "fl" with a reverential suffix.

Ergine, also known as d-lysergic acid amide, LSA, and LA-111, is an Alkaloid of the Ergoline family that occurs in various species of vines of the Convolvulaceae and some species of fungi.

As the dominant alkaloid in the hallucinogenic seeds of Rivea corymbosa (ololiuhqui), Argyreia nervosa (Hawaiian baby woodrose) and Ipomoea violacea (tlitliltzin), it is often stated that ergine and/or isoergine (its Epimer) is responsible for the hallucinogenic activity.

In fact, the effects of synthetic ergine and isoergine are not particularly hallucinogenic, see Mixing the Kykeon below for a summary of human trials, and Chapter 17 and entry #26 of TiHKAL for further discussion.

The plant is a rare example of a hallucinogenic herb, the properties of which have only recently been discovered.

While its cousins in the Convolvulaceae family, such as the Rivea corymbosa (Ololiuhqui) and Ipomoea violacea (Tlitliltzin) were used in shamanic rituals of Latin America for centuries, the Hawaiian baby woodrose was not traditionally recognized as a hallucinogen.

Its properties were first brought to attention in the 1960s, despite the fact that the chemical composition of its seeds is nearly identical to those of the two species mentioned above, and in fact contain the highest concentration of psychoactive compounds in the entire family.

Some info from the Psychedelic Encyclopedia, yet again: "When the Conquistadores subdued the Aztecs, early chroniclers recorded that the Indians made religious and medicinal use of peyote, another psychoactive plant called tlitliltzin, and a small lentil-like seed called ololiuqui.

The third, alleged to have been used also for purposes of divination, came from a vine known in the Nahuatl language as coaxihuitil (or `snakeplant')." Let me paraphrase some more.

These seeds are called badoh negro down in South America, since they are fl, and some people think these were the mysterious tlitliltzin, which is the Nahuatl word for "fl" with a reverential suffix.

Some info from the Psychedelic Encyclopedia, yet again: "When the Conquistadores subdued the Aztecs, early chroniclers recorded that the Indians made religious and medicinal use of peyote, another psychoactive plant called tlitliltzin, and a small lentil-like seed called ololiuqui.

The third, alleged to have been used also for purposes of divination, came from a vine known in the Nahuatl language as coaxihuitil (or `snakeplant')."

These seeds are called badoh negro down in South America, since they are fl, and some people think these were the mysterious tlitliltzin, which is the Nahuatl word for "fl" with a reverential suffix.

Some info from the Psychedelic Encyclopedia: "When the Conquistadores subdued the Aztecs, early chroniclers recorded that the Indians made religious and medicinal use of peyote, another psychoactive plant called tlitliltzin, and a small lentil-like seed called ololiuqui.

The third, alleged to have been used also for purposes of divination, came from a vine known in the Nahuatl language as coaxihuitil (or `snakeplant')."

A third plant that has leapt into notoriety is the Hawaiian Baby Woodrose.

Although its descriptions at first caused it to be confused with Datura, in 1937 Rivea (Turbina) corymbosa seeds of the 'medicine for divination' were finally collected among the Chinantec and Zapotec of Oaxaca.

A second morning glory Ipomoea violacea was also used by the Aztecs under the name Tlitliltzin.

These have long fl seeds 'badoh negro' and are sometimes referred to as male while the Ololiuqui are female and taken by women.

These names proved eerily appropriate decades after they were invented, when the discovery of ergoline alkaloids similar to LSD in the seeds led to widespread experimentation and a massive surge in demand.

In fact, the seeds had been used for centuries by many Mexican cultures, and were known to the Aztecs as tlitliltzin.

The ground seeds were only ingested by experienced persons who understood the proper "spiritual dosage." The seeds from the white-flowered morning glory Turbina corymbosa are called "ololiuqui" (pronounced o-low-lee-oo-key) by native Indians of Mexico, and to this day provide them with an important medicinal and religious ritual in their cultures.

The fl, angular seeds from the pink-flowered Ipomoea tricolor are called "tlitliltzin." An intoxicating drink made from the ground seeds of these species is administered by a shaman and is used by a number of different tribes for the devine recovery of illness.

This fascinating story is explained in more detail by R.E. Schultes and A. Hofmann (1979) in Plants of the Gods.